Editors' Picks: China is sending keyboard warriors over the Great Firewall

[Read this email in your browser]( August 26, 2019 1 [Venom and VPNs.]( sites such as Twitter and Facebook are blocked in the country, China’s young “keyboard warriors” are using virtual private networks to overcome this. Now, they are in a spot to conduct organized, large-scale raids against supporters of Hong Kong’s protest movement on foreign social media, Lauren Teixeira [writes](. 2 [Hit or Minsk.](. National Security Advisor John Bolton is about to become the highest-level U.S. government visitor to Belarus this century, a move that is likely to anger Moscow, FP’s Robbie Gramer and Amy Mackinnon [report](. 3 [Looking to Nuuk.]( where melting ice sheets and and the bluster of foreign leaders are causing a stir, has quietly moved closer to the center of geopolitics, FP’s Laurie Garrett [reports]( from the Arctic island. 4 [Talking to the Taliban.]( Afghanistan, the United States must be willing to work with the Taliban, not simply negotiate a settlement and leave, Robert Pape [writes](. 5 [A shaken valley.]( in the Kashmiri city of Pulwama, a place renowned for backing separatists, are under lockdown. The question is how long their anger can be contained, Soumya Shankar [reports]( from the region. SPONSORED [FP APP RELAUNCH]( FP APP RELAUNCH The redesigned Foreign Policy app helps you stay up to date on global current events, even when you’re on the go. Use news alerts and filters to get breaking news and timely expert analysis on the topics that matter to you. Favorite articles to save them for later or to read offline. [Subscribe to FP to access the app and install now on your iOS or Android device.]( FOLLOW FP ON This email was sent to {EMAIL} because you are subscribed to FP’s Editors' Picks newsletter. Want a friend to receive this newsletter? [Forward it]( now. Want to receive other FP newsletters? [Manage]( your FP newsletter preferences. [unsubscribe]( | [privacy policy]( | [contact us]( | [advertise]( Foreign Policy magazine is a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents © 2019 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006.